updated 2003-01-29
Here I've collected some short things I've been collecting
on specific words in the Bible:
Some very short bible study topics I've researched.
Since I already typed it up, I thought I might as well
stick it on the web.
see also:
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bible_crypto.html
(some broader topics; what the Bible says about encryption, cryptology, etc.)
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tsv.html
- translation
What does the Bible say about various languages and
the translation between them ?
other bible study topics:
[FIXME:]
I've noticed that the Bible often uses the word ``name'' as something
more than just identifying a particular individual.
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Psa 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and
deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
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Psa 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,
for thy mercy, [and] for thy truth's sake.
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Isa 48:11
For mine own sake, [even] for mine own sake, will I do [it]:
for how should [my name] be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
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Dan 9:19
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do;
defer not, for thine own sake, O my God:
for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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"What's in a Name?"
by Ariel ben-Lyman HaNaviy 2002
http://www.graftedin.com/WeeklyTorah/ShomerMitzvot/name.html
Why do some people write the name of God without the "o" (as in "G-d) or
why do some spell the title "LORD" with a dash (as in L-RD)?
...
Based on the words in Deut. 12:3-4,
...
which states "and you shall destroy the names of pagan gods from their places.
You shall not do similarly to G-d your Lord."
...
the rabbis deduced that it is forbidden to erase the name of G-d from a written document.
Since any paper upon which G-d's name was written might be discarded and thus "erased",
the rabbis forbade explicitly writing the name of G-d, except in Holy Books,
with provisions for the proper disposal of such books.
...
Strictly speaking, this only applies to Hebrew on a permanent medium, but
many people are careful beyond the minimum, and have applied it to non-Hebrew languages.
Hence, "G-d".
...
In Hebrew thought, a name implies a reputation.
In Hebraic thought the name is the embodiment of the character of an individual,
based upon who they are, what they have done, or
in the case of humans
perhaps the circumstances surrounding their birth.
...
In Hebrew thought the name is the embodiment of the character of an individual,
based upon who they are, or what they have done, or
...
what they will do.
links to
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"Nazarenes and the Name of YHWH"
by
James Trimm
http://www.nazarene.net/_halacha/Name.htm
discusses one particular name,
and what the proper use of it is.
Ex. 20:7
Ex. 9:16.
"For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
That they may call upon the name of YHWH...
(Zeph. 3:9)"
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And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and
all the congregation shall certainly stone him:
as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord,
shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:16
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"ID Theft: When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name"
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/idtheft.htm
even today "your good name" indicates something more than just a sequence of letters.
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``In the name of ... : Interfaith Alliance sets guidelines for prayer at public events''
article by Bill Sherman
_Tulsa World_ A14 2001-08-04
``...
Among the objectors to the idea of guidelines for public prayer
is the Rev. Wendell Lang,
president of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
and pastor of First Baptist Church in Pryor.
People offering public prayer
should be true to their own conscience and beliefs,
he said,
and those in the audience should be tolerant of that.
``If we're asking a Muslim to pray,
we should expect that he might mention
the name of Allah. ...
To pray in Jesus' name
is fundamental to a Christian's prayer life,'' he said.
``It means we're praying in the authority of Jesus.
The name of Jesus is to prayer as the signature
is on a check. It validates, and it authorizes.''
In the Bible, he said, the word for name
denotes more than a personal identification,
but includes a person's reputation,
and all that is
known, said, and written about him.
...
''
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"Sweden Blocks Idea to Name Baby Superman"
article by ??? of the The Associated Press 2003-05-06
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -
...
a couple who wanted to name their child after the comic book hero
found the law harder to bend than the man of steel himself.
The tax authority, which oversees rules for names in the Scandinavian country of 8.9 million,
nixed a request by Sara Lindenger and ... Johan Leisten...
to name their child Staalman, Superman in Swedish.
"We wanted to call him David Rune Staalman Leisten," Lindenger told The Associated Press Tuesday.
...
The authority said it wasn't suitable because it might "lead to discomfort for the person who uses it."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20030506/ap_on_fe_st/superman_baby
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Are there any naming "laws" in US like in Europe?
No laws exist in the United States that prevent people from giving any first name they want to their child. The only exception to this is a court ruling in Minnesota stating that names must be written in alphabetic characters. A man in Minnesota wanted to legally change his name to "1069". The judge denied that request but said he could change his name to "One Zero Six Nine".
There are some states which have had rules about what last name the child must be given on the birth certificate. I believe that either Alabama or Mississippi, for instance, requires that the child's last name be the same as the mother's last name. But in many states that is also no longer required and parents can give the child any surname they want whether or not it's related to the last names either parent uses.
In Germany and Austria there are laws that state that a child's name must clearly reflect its gender; that last names can NOT be turned into first names; and that only names which have been previously used as given names before somewhere in the world may be given to a child. I had an e-mail request once from frantic parents in Austria who had been told they could not name their son "Keanu" after the actor Keanu Reeves, and I was able to show that this was a real Hawaiian first name so that the registrar in Austria would allow it.
I believe that Sweden has laws somewhat similar to Germany & Austria but they may not be enforced as strictly there.
I believe that Denmark still has an official list of acceptable names; if both parents are Danish citizens, the name chosen must be one that's on the officially approved government list. France also used to have an officially approved list, but a series of court cases over about 20 years eventually led the French to abandon all naming laws about a decade ago and today you can name a child anything you want in France.
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Cleveland Kent Evans
--
http://www.babynames.com/boards/showthread.php?s=0c2270c9258cd1c95f6eeb02cbe1aae0&threadid=214858
(2001-11-03:DAV: started)
I've heard a lot of people
mention the phrase
"absent in the body, present with the Lord".
They seem to derive great comfort from that.
I don't want to take away that comfort, but it appears to me
that it doesn't always mean the same thing.
Here is a little more context around the various occurrences of that phrase.
[FIXME: link to online Bibles to allow my readers to see even more context]
I believe this is exhaustive -- I've listed
*every* occurrence of the word ``absent'' in the KJV translation of the Bible
(all 11 of them).
My concordance indicates that
there are 3 different words translated ``absent'':
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5641: c^athar: the single reference in the O.T.
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1553: ekdemeo: to emigrate: All the references in 2 Cor 5
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548: apeimi: to go away: all other N.T. references (1 Cor 5:3, 2 Cor 10, etc.)
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And Mizpah;
for he [Laban] said [to Jacob],
The Lord watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another.
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or
if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters,
...
see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
-- Gen. 31:49
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For I verily,
as absent in body,
but present in spirit,
have judged already,
as though I were present,
concerning him that hath so done this deed,
...
with such an one [do] not [even] eat.
...
Put away from among yourselves
that wicked person.
--
1 Cor. 5:3
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``
Therefore we are always confident
and know that as long as we are at home in the body
we are away from the Lord.
We live by faith, not by sight.
We are confident, I say,
and would prefer to be away from the body
and at home with the Lord.
So we make it our goal to please him,
whether we are at home in the body
or away from it.
''
``
Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that,
whilst we are at home in the body,
we are absent from the Lord:
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
We are confident, I say,
and willing rather to be absent from the body,
and to be present with the Lord.
Wherefore we labour, that,
whether present or absent,
we may be accepted of him.
''
--
2 Cor. 5:6, 5:8, 5:9
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``
Now I Paul myself beseech you
by the meekness and gentleness of Christ,
who in presence am base among you,
but being absent am bold toward you:
''
--
2 Cor. 10:1
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``
Let such an one think this, that,
such as we are in word by letters when we are absent,
such will we be also in deed when we are present.
''
--
2 Cor. 10:11
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``
This is the third time I am coming to you.
...
I told you before,
and foretell you, as if I were present,
the second time;
and being absent now I write to them
which heretofore have sinned,
and to all other,
that,
if I come again,
I will not spare:
''
--
2 Cor 13:2
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``
this also we wish,
even your perfection.
Therefore I write these things
being absent,
lest being present I should use sharpness,
according to the power which the Lord hath given me
to edification, and not to destruction.
''
--
2 Cor 13:10
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``
I shall abide and continue with you ...
That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ
for me by my coming to you again.
Only let your conversation be
as it becometh the gospel of Christ:
that whether I come and see you,
or else be absent,
I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit,
with one mind striving together
for the faith of the gospel;
And in nothing terrified by your adversaries
''
--
Phil. 1:27
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``
For though I be absent in the flesh,
yet am I with you in the spirit,
joying and beholding your order,
and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
''
--
Col. 2:5
"And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise."
-- Luke 23:43
What does it mean to ``test God'' ?
What does it mean to ``taste God'' ?
What are the approved ways of
finding out more information about the Creator ?
I searched for the words ``try'' and ``test'' and ``taste'';
what other verses on this topic did I miss ?
I left out ``taste'' verses that clearly
describe some physical food.
I left out many verses where God is testing
someone/something.
(Or other gods --
Deuteronomy 4:34
)
-- should I have included this ?
I did include verses where some human is testing
something other than God.
I left out ``greatest'', ``remotest'', ``protest''.
I left out ``testify'' -- should I have included this ?
I left out ``testimony''
(ark of the Testimony)
(You shall not give false testimony) --
should I have included this ?
I left out ``detest'', ``detestable'' --
should I have included this ?
The word test doesn't occur in the KJV.
(But it does occur in other translations
-- I've included every [FIXME: unfinished] verse ``test'' and ``tested'' occurs
in the NIV, with the above exceptions.
[FIXME: what words does the KJV use instead ?]
)
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Genesis 42:15-16
15-16:
...
And this is how you will be tested:
As surely as Pharaoh lives,
you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Send one of your number to get your brother;
the rest of you will be kept in prison,
so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.
If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!
(NIV)
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Exodus 17:2
So they quarreled with Moses and said,
"Give us water to drink."
Moses replied,
"Why do you quarrel with me?
Why do you put the LORD to the test?"
(NIV)
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Exodus 17:7
And he called the place Massah
[ 17:7 [Massah] means [ testing ] . ] and Meribah
[ 17:7 [Meribah] means [ quarreling ] . ]
because the Israelites quarreled and
because they tested the LORD saying,
"Is the LORD among us or not?"
(NIV)
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Some people call
Numbers 5:11-31
``The Test for an Unfaithful Wife''
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Numbers 14:
22
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and
my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and
have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers,
neither shall any of them that provoked me see it. (``tested'' in NIV)
(By ``10 times'', is God talking about the 10 spies ?)
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Deuteronomy 6
16 Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah. (NIV)
16 Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. (KJV)
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Deuteronomy 13:
14
``... you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly.
And if it is true and it has been proved ...'' (NIV)
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Deuteronomy 33:
8 About Levi he said:
"Your Thummim and Urim belong
to the man you favored.
You tested him at Massah;
you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
..."
[FIXME: this refers to ... and ...]
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Judges 6:39
Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make the fleece dry and the ground covered with dew."
(NIV)
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1 Samuel 3:20
And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the LORD .
(NIV)
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1 Kings 10:1
When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon
and his relation to the name of the LORD ,
she came to test him with hard questions.
(NIV)
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2 Chronicles 9:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame,
she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions.
(NIV)
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Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
(NIV)
Job 23:10
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
(NIV)
Job 28:27
then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.
(NIV)
Job 34:3
For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
(NIV)
Psalm 17:3
Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.
(NIV)
Psalm 26:2
Test me, O LORD , and try me, examine my heart and my mind;
(NIV)
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Psa 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD [is] good:
blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.
Psalm 78
18
They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.
41
Again and again they put God to the test; they vexed the Holy One of Israel.
(NIV)
Psalm 95:9
where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.
(NIV)
Psalm 106:14
In the desert they gave in to their craving; in the wasteland they put God to the test.
(NIV)
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Psa 119:103
How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
[yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
Psalm 119:140
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
(NIV)
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
(NIV)
Proverbs 17:3
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the LORD tests the heart.
(NIV)
Proverbs 27:21
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but man is tested by the praise he receives.
(NIV)
Ecclesiastes 2:1
I thought in my heart,
"Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good."
But that also proved to be meaningless.
(NIV)
Ecclesiastes 7:23
All this I tested by wisdom and I said,
"I am determined to be wise"- but this was beyond me.
(NIV)
Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test."
(NIV)
Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
(NIV)
Jeremiah 6:27
"I have made you a tester of metals and my people the ore, that you may observe and test their ways.
(NIV)
Lamentations 3:40
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD .
(NIV)
Ezekiel 21:13
" 'Testing will surely come.
And what if the scepter of Judah , which the sword despises, does not continue?
declares the Sovereign LORD .'
(NIV)
Daniel 1:12
"Please test your servants for ten days:
Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
(NIV)
Daniel 1:14
So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.
(NIV)
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Jer 48:11
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and
he hath settled on his lees, and
hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:
therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
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Malachi 3:10
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse,
that there may be food in my house.
Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty,
"and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and
pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
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[FIXME: unfinished. I'm pretty sure I have every occurance of
``test'' in the OT(NIV), with the above exceptions.
Need to move on to NT and also lookup other words.]
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Mat 16:28
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here,
which shall not taste of death,
till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
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Matthew 16:1
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7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. (KJV)
7 Jesus answered him, "It is also written:
'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'[2] " (NIV)
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[FIXME: unfinished]
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Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them [his] hands and [his] feet.
--
Luke 24:39-40 (KJV)
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John
Jhn 8:52
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest,
If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
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Acts 5:9
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Romans 12:2
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Col 2:20-22
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world,
why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
Which all are to perish with the using;)
after the commandments and doctrines of men?
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Hbr 2:9
But we see Jesus,
who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour;
that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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1 John 4:1
1John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
TSV
tsv.html#1john4.1
Other people talk about testing God (or not).
[FIXME: unfinished]
For we can do nothing against the truth,
but for the truth. --
2 Cor. 13:8
[
2004-05-27:DAV:
I copied this to
http://www.theconnexion.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Like_God
]
[
2008-03-16:DAV:
I see that has now moved to
http://theconnexion.net/compass/index.php?title=Signs
]
Some people say it is wrong to try to be "like God",
or say is wrong to claim that one is already "like God".
After all, that was Eve's sin, right ?
I'm not sure how the English idiom "don't play God", "playing God" fits here.
related verses:
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...
[FIXME: many others]
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Gen 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over ...
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Gen 1:27
So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
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"Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:
for in the image of God made he man."
--
Genesis 9:6
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"be the children of your Father which is in heaven:
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."
Mat 5:45
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Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Mat 5:48
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Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow,
he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Romans 12:3
Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought to think,
but
think of yourself with sober judgement. (NIV)
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But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
--
2Cr 3:18
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put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
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Ephesians 4:24
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Eph 4:32 - 5:2
32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
1
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2
And walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us, and
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God"
Philippians 2:5-6
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1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
related links:
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How do you respond to Christians who equate genetic engineering with playing God?
I love to engage such folks in a dialogue.
"Playing God" is a term that people throw around
without necessarily defining what they're speaking of.
If humans played God with the same benevolence that God did,
then perhaps we wouldn't worry about it.
But of course that's not usually the case.
We need to first define what we mean by "playing God."
I'd refer your readers to Ted Peters's wonderful book by that name,
which outlines areas we should be concerned about and
other areas that we should be celebrating and pressing forward as rapidly as we can.
--
``The Genome Doctor:
The director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
answers questions about the morality of his work.
An interview with Francis Collins''
2001-10-01
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/012/2.42.html
[FIXME: book.html]
[FIXME: read some of the links at the end about the conflict when
science, faith, and the media collide.]
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Mark Walker has some ... interesting ideas ( see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_transhumanism
).
He mentions "the Irenean? theological tradition", and
claims that becoming like God is part of God's plan.
http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Forward_Thinking/column.aspx?articleID=2003-03-09-1
... OK, so I padded this list by also including surveying and architecture.
(I've moved verses relevant to reverse-engineering
to
bible_crypto.html#hacking
)
keywords that may be relevant:
fulness(KJV)/measure(NIV)
...
"breadth, and length, and depth, and height"
...
Some Bible verses that deal with engineering
(mostly health and safety):
FIXME: move this whole section to
http://www.wikichristian.org/index.php/Biblical_references_to_technology
verses about
warfare in general and in the future
(not including specific historical details of past wars).
[FIXME: link to U.N. Charter, Einstein-Russel Manifesto, Geneva conventions, etc.]
I'm starting to think I've bitten off more than I can chew with this topic.
Maybe I'll just link to a few other people who have written
far more eloquently on this subject.
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Exd 1:10
a new king over Egypt ... said ...
"Come on, let us deal wisely with them;
lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war,
they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land."
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Exd 13:17
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that
God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near;
for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
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Exodus 15:3 "The LORD [is] a man of war: the LORD [is] his name."
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Exodus 17:16
"... the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
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Numbers 1 and Numbers 26:2 seems to imply that
"every male from 20 years old and upward [are] able to go forth to war"
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Numbers 10:9
"And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you,
then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and
ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and
ye shall be saved from your enemies."
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Numbers 31
has a lot of specific instructions, but it appears to DAV that
they only apply to this one war with Midianites.
Judges 21
has some somewhat similar instructions,
but they only apply to this one internal conflict between
the tribe of Benjamin,
the "inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead" (these were also Israelite, right ?)
and the rest of Israel.
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Deu 3:18
"... The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it:
ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel,
all [that are] meet for the war."
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Deuteronomy 20
: the protocol for war
(but note that the genocide command at least partially disobeyed:
Judges 3:3-7
)
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Deuteronomy 21:10-14
rules for marrying a woman from a conquered city.
(must be at least a month after active hostilities).
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Deuteronomy 24:5
"When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with any business: but
he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken."
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2 Samuel 11:1 "... after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle..."
seems to imply that kings go to war every year,
it's a regularly scheduled event.
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2 Samuel 20:14-22
describes what the actions of Joab and "a wise woman"
of the city of Abel Beth Maacah.
Apparently Joab skipped a step in the war protocol of Deut. 20:10,
which nearly caused the unnecessary slaughter of an entire city.
The woman returned Joab to that step, and
figured out what Joab really wanted.
the army of Israel was hunting for a single man,
"a troublemaker named Sheba son of Bicri".
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2 Samuel 22
is a song about war, giving glory to God.
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1 Kings 2:5
"...
Joab
...
shed the blood of war in peace ..."
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1 Kings 12:21-24
"21...
Rehoboam ...
assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin,
180 000 chosen men, which were warriors,
to fight against the house of Israel,
to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and
unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus saith the LORD,
Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel:
return every man to his house; for this thing is from me.
They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart,
according to the word of the LORD."
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1 Kings 20:18 -- 1 Kings 22:1
"And he said,
Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or
whether they be come out for war, take them alive."
???
so what does all this mean ?
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1 Chronicles 28:3
"But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because
thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood."
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2 Chronicles 6:34
"If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them,
and they pray unto thee toward
this city which thou hast chosen, and
the house which I have built for thy name; "
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2 Chronicles 14:6
"... he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest."
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2 Chronicles 16:9
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars."
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Job 5:20
"In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword."
5:23
"For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee."
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Job 38:22-23
"Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?"
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Psalm 46:9
"He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
he burneth the chariot in the fire."
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Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people,
till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
scatter thou the people that delight in war.
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Psalm 120:7
"I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war."
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Psalm 140:1-2
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
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Psalm 144:1
Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
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Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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Ecclesiastes 3:8
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
"There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war;
neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it."
(???)
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Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
(see Micah 4:3)
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Isaiah 3:25
"Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war."
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Isaiah 41:12
"Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee:
they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought."
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Jeremiah 28:8
"The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old
prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence."
???
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Jeremiah 42:14
Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
???
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Jeremiah 48:14
How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
???
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Jeremiah 51:20
"Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war:
for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and
with thee will I destroy kingdoms;"
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Joel 3:9-10
" 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."
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Micah 3:5
"Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err,
that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and
he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him."
???
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Micah 4:3
"And he shall judge among many people, and
rebuke strong nations afar off; and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruninghooks:
nation shall not lift up a sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more."
(see Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:9-10)
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Matthew 5:38-39
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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Matthew 5:44-45
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you,
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he ...
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Matthew 24:6
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
see that ye be not troubled:
for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet."
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Mark 13:7
"And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars,
be ye not troubled:
for such things must needs be; but
the end shall not be yet."
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Luke 14:31
"Or what king, going to make war against another king,
sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?"
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Luke 21:9
"But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions,
be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but
the end is not by and by."
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2 Corinthians 10:3
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:"
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1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
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James 4:1
"From whence come wars and fightings among you?
come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?"
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James 4:2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:
ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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Revelation 17:14
"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them:
for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and
they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
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Revelation 19:11
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and
he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and
in righteousness he doth judge and make war."
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Isaiah 2:4 is reversed in Joel 3:9-10 then reversed back in Micah 4:3
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... possibly relevant stuff:
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What various denominations say about war:
[FIXME:]
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Catholics
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Mennonites (which include the Amish)
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Baptists
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Quakers
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[FIXME: other major denominations in the U.S. and the world ...]
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Issac Potts, Washington's temporary landlord at Valley Forge the winter of 1777-78
gave a famous account of Washington's Christian faith.
As he was traveling the dark forest,
he heard some distance from him a voice
that became more and more intense and fervent the closer he got to it's origins.
As he carefully spied out where the imploring voice was coming from,
he spotted George Washington head bowed, hands clasped, on bended knees,
praying for the new nation, for God's guidance,
and for the welfare and courage of the men under his command.
Potts, a Quaker, returned to his home and declared to his wife,
“I have seen this day what I shall never forget.
Till now I have thought that a Christian and a soldier were incompatible; but
if George Washington be not a man of god, I am mistaken, and
still more shall I be disappointed if God does not through him perform some great thing
for his country.”
--
http://www.fcgcchurch.com/IfTheFoundationsAreDestroyedWhatCanTheRighteousDo.html
I think this is a paraphrase of
_Diary and Remembrances_ by Rev. Nathaniel Randolph Snowden (1770-1851)
http://members.tripod.com/kelschbiblestudy1/freedom/cost_freedom.htm
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the Bible & national defense
http://www.prayeralert.org/wir/archives/bible.html
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Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, has attributed the fall of the Empire to:
1. The rapid increase of divorce; the undermining of the dignity and sanctity of the home, which is the basis of human society.
2. Higher and higher taxes and the spending of public monies for free bread and circuses for the populace.
3. The mad craze for pleasure; sports becoming every year more exciting and more brutal.
4. The building of gigantic armaments when the real enemy was within, the decadence of the people.
5. The decay of religion--faith fading into mere form, losing touch with life and becoming impotent to warn and guide the people.
--
http://www.tonycooke.org/resources/july_4th.htm
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"top ten biblical ways to wage war" 2001-11
(a few verses taken completely out of context
http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1101/talibanlist.html
)
(parody)
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"God, War And Non-Resistance"
article by ???, 2003
http://www.idisciple.net/home_article12.shtml
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"The treaty marks only the fifth time in more than a century that a
widely used weapon system has been banned, according to the
International Committee of the Red Cross, which monitors compliance
with the rules of war."
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1863 exploding bullets were banned
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1899 fragmenting, or
so-called dum-dum, bullets were prohibited.
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1925 poison gas was outlawed
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1995 a treaty prohibiting the use of blinding lasers
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1997, OSLO, Norway: treaty outlawing anti-personnel land mines (U.S. refuses to sign)
-- summarized from
http://plowshare.org/resources/landmines1.txt
[FIXME: link to #morbid data ?]
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"Pentecostalism and the Death Penalty: Some Ethical Reflections"
paper by Anthea Butler 1991
http://www.epcra.ch/papers/belgien/butler.htm
... talks quite a bit about Attorney General John Ashcroft ...
...
the death penalty
...
The best place to look for Pentecostals support or objections to governmental intervention
into termination of life is to their stance on war.
...
C. H. Mason ...
preached against participation in the war
and ... killing on behalf of the government
...
Mason himself was arrested and one of his members tarred and feathered
for preaching against the War.
The Church of God Cleveland's leader A.J. Tomlison spoke out against killing
in wartime situations,
yet even he acknowledged his confusion in a essay called "Perplexing Times",
in which he stated that
he could not kill another human being if a military officer told him to,
but that he could not say that others should do the same thing.
...
John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States,
who last month oversaw the first federal execution since 1963, that of Timothy McViegh.
...
Ashcroft
...
is firmly entrenched with the conviction that the death of Timothy Mcviegh is righteous,
even just, and does not view this as in conflict with his Pentecostal beliefs.
...
...
(can we find % of Pentecostals who believe in death penalty??)
...
The arguments that can be made biblically for and against capital punishment
(and I will not go into these in depth at this time)
both find strong support in scripture.
Those who support the Death penalty usually focus in upon Genesis 9:6
...
Those against the death penalty focus upon Jesus's teachings and the cross,
...
Jesus' teachings ... call for love, forgiveness and compassion, not retribution.
Yet one fact does remain clear.
The very Jesus who we embrace was a victim of capital punishment imposed by the state, the Romans.
Yet he was innocent.
...
...
a death row inmate who converted to Druidism after being in a Christian church.
At his last meal, attended by both of his parents,
he remarked that no one from his church had bothered to visit him,
but that when he became interested in Druidism, the Druids had come to see him in prison.
As a result, his parents joined them as well.
If we are absent from those who are the most abhorrent in our society,
then the work of the Spirit, Peace, longsuffering patience, cannot be extended
to those who need it the most.
...
...
Mr. Ashcroft, prior to his confirmation,
received much criticism for the comments that he made at Bob Jones university,
saying that we as Christians have no King, but King Jesus.
...
Our King was a convicted criminal, sentenced to die.
Our King supported non-violent response, even in his most critical moments.
Our King, Jesus, calls us to a higher kingdom and accountability.
We must ... [express]
... the importance of the work of the Holy Spirit
to cleanse and convict those that we perceive can not be rehabilitated.
It is not enough simply to be a Pentecostal. One must live out Pentecost in everyday life.
Until we can begin to think, rather than react, on the issue of the Death penalty
in the United States,
we will miss many chances to give life to those who have been handed the sentence of death.
DAV: There seems to be a connection between "war" and "the death penalty".
In both cases, people die,
and the people who order those deaths and the people who carry them out
generally belive that some end justifies this means of achieving it.
Are opionions on war and opinions on "the death penalty" always linked ?
Can a person rationally support the death penalty while opposing war ?
Can a person rationally support war while opposing the death penalty ?
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"Firearms Scripturally Defended"
by Ted Weiland
http://www.jubilee-newspaper.com/YAH/firearms.htm
a government that cannot trust its law-abiding citizens with weapons is
a government that cannot be trusted.
-
http://one-god.org/links.htm
???
... war ... U.S. Constitution ...
"What Does the Bible Say about Gun Control?"
...
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"A Special Report and Analysis from a Muslim-American Perspective"
report by El-Hajj Mauri' Saalakhan
"On September 11, 2001, an unthinkable tragedy occurred..."
http://www.peacethrujustice.org/SpecialReport.htm
this report argues that the attacks clearly violate the
"rules of engagement" commanded from the Qur'an;
quotes the Qur'an;
quotes President George Washington;
...
keywords: pleasure, will, delighteth, pleased, joy
[FIXME: unfinished.
So far I have listed:
every time
the word "pleasure" refers to God's pleasure occurs in the KJV
]
(moved to
http://www.theconnexion.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ChurchSign
;
backup at
[FIXME:]
)
possible church signs.
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Luke 8
for sign ?
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Luke 6:27-38
Love your enemies,
do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you,
pray for those who mistreat you.
If someone strikes you on one cheek,
turn to him the other also.
If someone takes your cloak,
do not stop him from taking your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks you,
and if anyone takes what belongs to you,
do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
If you love those who love you,
what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' love those who love them.
...
If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment,
what credit is that to you?
Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners', expecting repayment in full.
But love your enemies,
do good to them, and
lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
Then your reward will be great,
and you will be sons of the Most High,
because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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Dear Thomas Munn,
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thomas Munn
Subject: Re: church sign ideas
To: David Cary
"A dusty bible means a dirty life"
"Jesus loves you, no really!"
Hey, I really like these.
"Politically correct and In Heaven are opposite terms"
"All truth is relative, except that Jesus died for
your sins"
"Tolerance is given to everyone but Christians."
Hm. These might be a tiny bit controversial, but if I run a new phrase every week, I'm going to have to run a lot of below-average phrases.
I'm thinking about running
Fear not, little flock;
for your Father is pleased to
give you the kingdom.
-- Luke 12:32
.
If I put every sign in haiku form, do you think anyone would notice ?
I wonder what the reaction would be to the entire text of the Bible scrolling by on a electronic display. Imagine we let it scroll 24/7, without interruption, at a nice slow pace. Would that run through the whole text (guessing wildly) 5 or 10 times a year ?
--
David Cary
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -- Luke 12:32
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Dear Doug Johnson,
I had hoped my list of sayings for the sign would be much, much longer by now.
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 20:33:18 -0400
From: Scott Acton
To: David Cary
Subject: Re: projects I'm working on
...
David Cary wrote:
...
We're trying to get everyone we know to donate a 2 or 3 sayings. What would you like the sign in front of your church to say ? So what's your favorite Bible verse ?
"You think it's hot now...."
"The cost of an abortion: one human life"
Seriously, my favorite verse is Phil 4:6-7
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." -- Phil 4:6-7 (KJV)
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." -- Phil 4:6-7 (NIV)
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:51:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Thomas Munn
Subject: Re: church sign ideas
To: David Cary
"A dusty bible means a dirty life"
"Jesus loves you, no really!"
...
"Politically correct and In Heaven are opposite terms"
"All truth is relative, except that Jesus died for
your sins"
"Tolerance is given to everyone but Christians."
"Act on your own (don't follow the crowd to evil). Speak on your own (don't follow the crowd to say what is politically correct)." -- Exodus 12:2 (TSV)
"The lion has roared; who is not afraid ?
The Lord YHWH has spoken; who is not a prophet ?" -- Amos 3:8 (TSV)
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD." -- Psalms 31:24
"Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid." -- Jesus (Matthew 14:27; Mark 6:50)
"Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ" -- Philippians 3:20 (NIV)
"I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD . Repent and live!" -- Ezekiel 18:32 (NIV)
--
David Cary
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -- Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock;
for your Father is pleased to
give you the kingdom. -- Luke 12:32
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1Sa 14:43
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done.
And Jonathan told him, and said,
I did but taste a little honey
with the end of the rod that [was] in mine hand, [and], lo, I must die.
Does the rest of this passage imply that "ignorance of the law"
is a good excuse ?
Or that some of the King's laws are bad and should not be obeyed ?
Or what ?
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Pro 24:13
My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good;
and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
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``Pray big. Believe big. Think big.''
-- Victor Parachin 1999 from Tulsa OK.
\
http://www.bssb.com/leader_dm0004.asp
(has scripture references)
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"Just War in Iraq"
article by Charles Colson 2002-12-10
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/013/41.72.html
discusses the "just war theory"
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Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 00:00:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: transhuman@umich.edu
Sender: transhuman@umich.edu
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Subject: >H namespace
Transhuman Mailing List
[from the Conlang list, May 1]
The whole problem of names is riddled with subtle cultural assumptions,
and Lojban (I believe wisely) shoves it under the rug, treating names
as speaker-centric ("la djan" means "the person I call John"). In some
cultures, like Navajo, personal names as we know them don't even exist:
a person introducing himself does not say "My name is X", but rather names
his mother's clan and his father's clan, and then gives information
about his relatives until the other person can identify him, or rather
his place in the complex mesh of Navajo society. A typical Navajo has
three names: the "war name", which is secret and never revealed; the
"Anglo name", which is used for dealing with the non-Navajo world; and the
name by which other Navajos refer to him when he is not present, often
an ad hoc name referring to a physical or mental characteristic --- he
may not even know what this name is. "I don't know what they call me
around here" is a perfectly plausible sentence.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
e'osai ko sarji la lojban
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A important part of programming and teaching is coming up
with good names.
"Last names ... are a rather modern invention.
As late as 1800, in many cultures of the world,
most people had only one name.
Sadie, Abdul, Richard, Pepin, Isabella,
Virginia, Hirohito, ...
Although
family names first started in Venice in the 11th century,
it wasn't until 1465 in England
that King Edward IV
ordered some of his subjects
to take on a town's name... a color ... or a trade ...
Turks only got around to handing out last names
in 1919 when Ataturk
decreed that surnames were mandatory."
-- Faith Popcorn and Lys Marigold, _Clicking_, p. 445
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.
- Chinese Proverb
http://www.resuba.com/wa3dsp/light/lumin.html
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**** Brain Memorizes Words On Left Side, Faces On The Right - UniSci
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/52298Article_10.html
When you're told to remember a word, a region on the left side of your
brain kicks in. But when you're told to remember an unfamiliar face --
something to which you can't attach a name -- you activate a region on
the right.
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Where Do All Those Stupid Names Come From?
http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/jan01.shtml#Stupid-Names
funny AI story.
-
yclept
:
To call; to name.
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Dean & Laura VanDruff
http://www.acts17-11.com/
| mirror
http://www.vandruff.com/
have some interesting Bible studies.
I especially liked
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[secret]
there are no civilian applications for stealth technology.
In fact, most civil air pilots would prefer their aircraft to be as non-stealth as possible.
-- thelizman
http://www.kuro5hin.org/comments/2003/7/19/164918/809?pid=171#177
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The Social Ramifications of Renaming
http://www.babynames.com/boards/showthread.php?s=0c2270c9258cd1c95f6eeb02cbe1aae0&threadid=179083
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"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones.
For I say unto you, That
in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."
--
Mat 18:10
This verse is the basis for the belief that "everyone has a guardian angel".
Other verses also seem to talk about guardian angels:
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone."
--
Psalm 91:11-12
--
"Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?"
Hebrews 1:14
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"Put on the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high [places].
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand."
--
Ephesians 6:11-13
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"What is God's favorite color?"
http://www.raptureready.com/faq/faq339.html
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Most Popular Names of the 1990's
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/1999/top1000of90s.html
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"hippy names"
http://www.hippy.com/hippynames.htm
started 2001-08-04: David Cary
David Cary feedback.html
d.cary@ieee.org.
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